A job fair focused on hospitality jobs in Duluth's Canal Park this summer will be held from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Grandma's Sports Garden. Grandma's Restaurant Co. has teamed up with Stay in Duluth, which represents several Canal Park motels, for the event.

Plans are underway to open a liquor store at the shuttered Interstate Spur gas station and convenience store on 27th Avenue West in Duluth. The new store — possibly called 27 Liquors — could open in three to four months, attorney Mark Pilon told the Duluth Alcohol, Gambling and Tobacco Commission on Wednesday. The commission approved the transfer of the off-sale liquor license that had been used by Warehouse Liquor Store to 27 Liquors LLC.

A year ago today, the large canopy that sheltered the gas pumps at the ICO gas station on Sixth Avenue East in Duluth fell over. Even today, the Potter family, who leased the Central Hillside station from Inter-City Oil and ran it for 13 years, doesn't know exactly why. Rusted bolts. The impact of the winter's heavy snowfall. A cycle of freezing and thawing that may have weakened the canopy's anchoring system. All could have played a role. The required engineering assessment on why the canopy collapsed was done by property owner Inter-City Oil of America.

When the Gary Milk House closed last August, it left a noticeable void in Duluth's Gary-New Duluth neighborhood. "The store was a centerpiece for Gary," said Derek Medved, who plans to reopen the Milk House this month. "It's a close-knit community, and the store was very missed. It served a great purpose. It's just left a dark spot in the neighborhood." Medved should know. He grew up in Gary within blocks of the convenience store and gas station at 1331 Commonwealth Ave. At 13, he started doing odd jobs for then-owner Jim Shelton.